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'''''Autumn Affair''''' is an Australian ([[black and white]]) television series made by and aired by [[Network Seven]] station [[ATN-7]], and also shown in Melbourne on [[Nine Network]] station [[GTV-9]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2YRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F6wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4692,2254840&dq=the-chef-presents&hl=en | title=The Age – Google News Archive Search}}</ref> Television in Australia had only been broadcasting since 1956 and Seven was the first commercial station to make drama a priority. It premiered 24 October 1958 and continued until 1959. The series was the first ever Australian television [[soap opera]]. It was also the second regular Australian-produced dramatic television series of any kind, with previous locally produced drama consisting of religious series ''[[The House on the Corner]]'', and one-off plays largely aired on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]].
'''''Autumn Affair''''' is an Australian television soap opera made by and aired by [[Network Seven]] station [[ATN|ATN-7]], and also shown in Melbourne on [[Nine Network]] station [[GTV (Australian TV station)|GTV-9]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1959-05-14 |title=Monday Television |page=9 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2YRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F6wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4692,2254840&dq=the-chef-presents&hl=en}}</ref> Television in Australia had only been broadcasting since 1956 and Seven Network was the first commercial station to make drama a priority.
It premiered on Monday 20 October 1958 and continued until 20 October 1959. The series was notable as being the first ever Australian produced television [[soap opera]] to air in that country. It was also the second regular Australian-produced dramatic television series of any kind, with previous locally produced drama consisting of religious series ''[[The House on the Corner]]'', since other content drama that was produced locally.by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] was televised plays.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The love lives of a middle aged widow, Julia, and her daughter, Meg.
Autumn Affair centres around The love lives of a middle aged widow, Julia, and her daughter, Meg.
⚫
[[File:Muriel Steinbeck 1943.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Muriel Steinbeck]] who played Julia Parrish]]


==Cast==
==Cast==
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[[File:Muriel Steinbeck 1943.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Muriel Steinbeck]] who played Julia Parrish]]
*[[Muriel Steinbeck]] as Julia Parrish<ref>Sally O'Neill, [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/steinbeck-muriel-myee-15546/text26758 'Steinbeck, Muriel Myee (1913–1982)'], ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, , published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 25 October 2015</ref>
*[[Muriel Steinbeck]] as Julia Parrish<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Sally |last=O'Neill |title=Steinbeck, Muriel Myee (1913–1982) |volume=18 |edition= |year=2012 |id2=steinbeck-muriel-myee-15546/text26758 |access-date=2015-10-25}}</ref>
*[[Queenie Ashton]] as Granny Bishop
*[[Queenie Ashton]] as Granny Bishop
*[[Leonard Bullen]] as Steve Meadows
*[[Leonard Bullen]] as Steve Meadows
*[[Janette Craig]] as Meg Parrish
*[[Janette Craig]] as Meg Parrish
*John Juson as Mark
*John Juson as Mark
*[[Diana Perryman]] as Julie
*[[Diana Perryman]]<ref name="trove">{{cite web|url=https://www.trove.nla.gov.au/people/1563816?c=|title=Perryman, Diana (−1979)}}</ref> as Julie
*[[Owen Weingott]] as Larry Muir<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/13/1037080784298.html | title=Dashing pioneer always at home on centre stage| date=14 November 2002}}</ref>
*[[Owen Weingott]] as Larry Muir<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Neil |date=2002-11-14 |title=Dashing pioneer always at home on centre stage |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/13/1037080784298.html |url-status=live |access-date=2015-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831091446/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/13/1037080784298.html |archive-date=2015-08-31}}</ref>


==Production==
==Production==
The program was conceived from a conversation between radio writer Richard Lane and Len Mauger, station manager of Seven. There was a quarter hour gap in the schedule and Mauger was keen to develop use of video tape for drama. It was decided to make a 15-minute show using skills developed by those involved in ''[[The House on the Corner]]''.<ref>McPherson p 155-156</ref>
The program was conceived from a conversation between radio writer Richard Lane and Len Mauger, station manager of Seven Network. There was a quarter hour gap in the schedule and Mauger was keen to develop use of video tape for drama. It was decided to make a 15-minute show using skills developed by those involved in ''[[The House on the Corner]]''.<ref name="McPherson">{{Cite journal |last=McPherson |first=Ailsa |year=2007 |title=Dramas and dreams at Epping: early days of ATN-7's drama production |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A176047704/AONE?u=googlescholar&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=3871dcfb |journal=ACH: The Journal of the History of Culture in Australia |publisher=Australian Public Intellectual Network |issue=26 |pages=153–170 |via=Gale Academic OneFile}}</ref>


Originally conceived as '''Julia: An Early Autumn Affair''', the title was later shortened to just ''Autumn Affair''.
Originally conceived under the title '''Julia: An Early Autumn Affair''', the title was later shortened to just ''Autumn Affair''.


Many of the actors and writers involved in the production had previously worked on radio soap opera, and were inexperienced with television acting.
Many of the actors and writers involved in the production had previously worked on radio soap opera, and were inexperienced with television acting.


Episodes were fifteen minutes in duration, recorded as [[kinescope]]s in black and white, and were screened Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8:45 AM. a part of the station's ''Today'' breakfast program.<ref>http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=11;parentid=;query=autumn%20affair%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=7;resCount=10{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47212543 |title=TELEVISION PARADE. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=5 November 1958 |accessdate=25 October 2015 |page=66 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Episodes were fifteen minutes in duration, recorded as [[kinescope]]s in black and white, and were screened Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8:45 AM. a part of the station's ''Today'' breakfast program.<ref name="nfsa">{{Cite web |title=AUTUMN AFFAIR |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=autumn%20affair%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;rec=0;resCount=10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202101526/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=autumn%20affair%20Media:%22TELEVISION%22;rec=0;resCount=10 |archive-date=2022-12-02 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=[[National Film and Sound Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1958-11-05 |title=Television Parade |volume=26 |page=66 |work=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |issue=22 |location=Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47212543 |access-date=2015-10-25 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


There were three main conditions for the production:
There were three main conditions for the production:
*it had to be written, produced and acted by Australians
*it had to be written, produced and acted by Australians
*it had to stand on its own as entertainment and compare with American imports
*it had to stand on its own as entertainment and compare with American imports
*it had to be sold to other stations at comparable rates to the American imports.<ref>McPherson p 156</ref>
*it had to be sold to other stations at comparable rates to the American imports.<ref name="McPherson" />


The series went into production without a sponsor, as the station [[ATN7]] wanted to gain experience in television drama production.
The series went into production without a sponsor, as the station [[ATN7]] wanted to gain experience in television drama production.
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The cast comprised just six regulars; the story focused on Julia (Muriel Steinbeck), a widow in a love triangle situation with two men.
The cast comprised just six regulars; the story focused on Julia (Muriel Steinbeck), a widow in a love triangle situation with two men.


''Filmink'' later wrote that "Steinbeck was... a natural choice to play the lead... She laughed, loved and suffered with jolly good decency – the quintessential Muriel Steinbeck part."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-actors-muriel-steinbeck/|first=Stephen|magazine=Filmink|last=Vagg|title=Unsung Aussie Actors – Muriel Steinbeck|date=25 August 2019}}</ref> Ailsa McPherson, who worked on the show as script assistant, wrote "for performance quality ''Autumn Affair'' relied heavily on Muriel Steinbeck's professionalism and her photographic memory. She had a prodigious capacity to remember lines and to be almost word perfect after reading them aloud only three or so times. It saved the episode on a good many occasions."<ref>McPherson p 158</ref>
''Filmink'' later wrote that "Steinbeck was... a natural choice to play the lead... She laughed, loved and suffered with jolly good decency – the quintessential Muriel Steinbeck part."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |date=2019-08-25 |title=Unsung Aussie Actors – Muriel Steinbeck |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-actors-muriel-steinbeck/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826152356/https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-actors-muriel-steinbeck/ |archive-date=2019-08-26 |access-date=2019-08-28 |website=[[FilmInk]]}}</ref> Ailsa McPherson, who worked on the show as script assistant, wrote "for performance quality ''Autumn Affair'' relied heavily on Muriel Steinbeck's professionalism and her photographic memory. She had a prodigious capacity to remember lines and to be almost word perfect after reading them aloud only three or so times. It saved the episode on a good many occasions."<ref name="McPherson" />


The series was well-received when originally broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d6oUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g7IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6861%2C933279 | title=The Age – Google News Archive Search}}</ref>
The series was well-received when originally broadcast.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1959-01-08 |title=Commercial TV is Moving Into "Live" Drama Field |page=3 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d6oUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g7IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6861%2C933279 |access-date=2013-06-05}}</ref>


Richard Lane wrote every episode. There were only two main sets and a could of small side pieces. Actors also would leave the series - Janette Craig accepted the role of Bubba in ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' and had to be written out.<ref>McPherson p 158-159</ref>
Richard Lane wrote every episode. There were only two main sets and a could have small side pieces. Actors also would leave the series - Janette Craig accepted the role of Bubba in theatre production of ''[[Summer of the Seventeenth Doll]]'' and had to be written out.<ref name="McPherson" />


David Cahill left the show after directing 72 episodes. He was replaced by [[Ken Hannam]].<ref>McPherson p 160</ref> The series ended in 1959 after 156 episodes.
[[David Cahill]] left the show after directing 72 episodes. He was replaced by [[Ken Hannam]].<ref name="McPherson" /> The series ended in 1959 after 156 episodes.


In a 1960 article in [[Sydney Morning Herald]], it was noted that although mistakes were made during the production of the series due to inexperience, it nevertheless paved the way for improved locally produced drama productions.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UHxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=940,515986&dq=autumn-affair&hl=en | title=The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search}}</ref>
In a 1960 article in [[Sydney Morning Herald]], it was noted that although mistakes were made during the production of the series due to inexperience, it nevertheless paved the way for improved locally produced drama productions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1960-10-30 |title=Australian TV is growing up |page=75 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UHxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=940,515986&dq=autumn-affair&hl=en |access-date=2013-05-01}}</ref>


Actors who appeared in the show included Muriel Steinbeck, Queenie Ashton, Diana Perryman ([[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (died 1979)<ref name="trove" />(the sister of actress and singer [[Jill Perryman]]), Janet Craig, Leonard Bullen and Owen Weingott.<ref>Moran, Albert. ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', Allen & Unwin, 1993. {{ISBN|0-642-18462-3}} p 65</ref>
Actoress Muriel Steinbeck played the title character, whilst other performers included Queenie Ashton, Diana Perryman ([[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (died 1979)(the sister of actress and singer [[Jill Perryman]]), Janet Craig, Leonard Bullen and Owen Weingott.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moran |first=Albert |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30381946 |title=Moran's guide to Australian TV series |date=1993 |publisher=Australian Film Television & Radio School |isbn=978-0-642-18462-7 |location=North Ryde, NSW |page=65 |oclc=30381946}}</ref>


Cast members Queenie Ashton and Janette Craig had previously appeared in a 1957 ABC TV play together called ''[[Tomorrow's Child (1957 TV movie)|Tomorrow's Child]]'',<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JDBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3959%2C3316025 | title=The Age – Google News Archive Search}}</ref> though it is not known if a copy of the production still exists.
Cast members Queenie Ashton and Janette Craig had previously appeared in a 1957 ABC TV play together called ''[[Tomorrow's Child (1957 TV movie)|Tomorrow's Child]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-04-25 |title=Friday Television |page=6 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JDBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3754%2C3317584 |access-date=2022-12-03}}</ref> though it is not known if a copy of the production still exists.


Every episode except for two of this series are held by the [[National Film and Sound Archive]].<ref>http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=autumn%20affair%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Every episode except for two of this series are held by the [[National Film and Sound Archive]].<ref name="nfsa" />


==Later screenings==
==Later screenings==
In 1964 [[HSV-7]] Melbourne repeated the series, along with early 1960s Australian soap opera ''[[The Story of Peter Grey]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JDlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4814,2439530&dq=autumn-affair&hl=en | title=The Age – Google News Archive Search}}</ref> In 1964 [[CTC (TV station)|CTC-7]] in Canberra screened the series along with ''Peter Grey'',<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107517565 | title=Midweek Matinee to recess| pages=13| newspaper=Canberra Times (Act : 1926 – 1995)| date=28 December 1964}}</ref> the station having not been in operation during the original run of the series. CTC kept the repeats on their schedule into 1966.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106934915 | title=Television| pages=17| newspaper=Canberra Times (Act : 1926 – 1995)| date=9 September 1966}}</ref>
In 1964 [[HSV-7]] Melbourne repeated the series, along with early 1960s Australian soap opera ''[[The Story of Peter Grey]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-05-14 |title="Soap Opera" Comeback for Wife With TV |page=1 |work=[[The Age]] |department=TV/Radio Guide |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JDlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4814,2439530&dq=autumn-affair&hl=en |access-date=2013-05-01}}</ref> In 1964 [[CTC (TV station)|CTC-7]] in Canberra screened the series along with ''Peter Grey'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-12-28 |title=Midweek Matinee to recess |volume=39 |page=13 |work=[[The Canberra Times]] |issue=11,038 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107517565 |access-date=2015-07-24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> the station having not been in operation during the original run of the series. CTC kept the repeats on their schedule into 1966.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1966-09-09 |title=TELEVISION |volume=41 |page=17 |work=[[The Canberra Times]] |issue=11,479 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106934915 |access-date=2015-07-24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
*{{cite book|publisher=Australian Public Intellectual Network|year=2007|editor1-first=Liz|editor1-last=Liz|editor2-first=Tim|editor2-last=Dolin|title=Australian Television History|series=ACH: The Journal of the History of Culture in Australia|chapter=Dramas and Dreams at Epping: Early Days of ATN-7's Drama Production|first=Ailsa|last=McPherson|pages=153–172}}

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0436994|title=Autumn Affair}}
* {{IMDb title}}
* [https://archive.today/20121128174801/http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number:138189;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Autumn Affair at the National Film and Sound Archive]
* [https://archive.today/20121128174801/http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number:138189;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Autumn Affair] at the [[National Film and Sound Archive]]
*[https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/7188319 Autumn Affair] at AustLit
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Autumn Affair
GenreSoap opera
Screenplay byRichard Lane
Directed by
StarringMuriel Steinbeck
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes156
Production
Running time15 mins
Original release
NetworkATN-7
Release20 October 1958 (1958-10-20) –
20 October 1959 (1959-10-20)

Autumn Affair is an Australian television soap opera made by and aired by Network Seven station ATN-7, and also shown in Melbourne on Nine Network station GTV-9.[1] Television in Australia had only been broadcasting since 1956 and Seven Network was the first commercial station to make drama a priority.

It premiered on Monday 20 October 1958 and continued until 20 October 1959. The series was notable as being the first ever Australian produced television soap opera to air in that country. It was also the second regular Australian-produced dramatic television series of any kind, with previous locally produced drama consisting of religious series The House on the Corner, since other content drama that was produced locally.by the ABC was televised plays.

Synopsis

[edit]

Autumn Affair centres around The love lives of a middle aged widow, Julia, and her daughter, Meg.

Cast

[edit]
Muriel Steinbeck who played Julia Parrish

Production

[edit]

The program was conceived from a conversation between radio writer Richard Lane and Len Mauger, station manager of Seven Network. There was a quarter hour gap in the schedule and Mauger was keen to develop use of video tape for drama. It was decided to make a 15-minute show using skills developed by those involved in The House on the Corner.[4]

Originally conceived under the title Julia: An Early Autumn Affair, the title was later shortened to just Autumn Affair.

Many of the actors and writers involved in the production had previously worked on radio soap opera, and were inexperienced with television acting.

Episodes were fifteen minutes in duration, recorded as kinescopes in black and white, and were screened Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8:45 AM. a part of the station's Today breakfast program.[5][6]

There were three main conditions for the production:

  • it had to be written, produced and acted by Australians
  • it had to stand on its own as entertainment and compare with American imports
  • it had to be sold to other stations at comparable rates to the American imports.[4]

The series went into production without a sponsor, as the station ATN7 wanted to gain experience in television drama production.

The cast comprised just six regulars; the story focused on Julia (Muriel Steinbeck), a widow in a love triangle situation with two men.

Filmink later wrote that "Steinbeck was... a natural choice to play the lead... She laughed, loved and suffered with jolly good decency – the quintessential Muriel Steinbeck part."[7] Ailsa McPherson, who worked on the show as script assistant, wrote "for performance quality Autumn Affair relied heavily on Muriel Steinbeck's professionalism and her photographic memory. She had a prodigious capacity to remember lines and to be almost word perfect after reading them aloud only three or so times. It saved the episode on a good many occasions."[4]

The series was well-received when originally broadcast.[8]

Richard Lane wrote every episode. There were only two main sets and a could have small side pieces. Actors also would leave the series - Janette Craig accepted the role of Bubba in theatre production of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and had to be written out.[4]

David Cahill left the show after directing 72 episodes. He was replaced by Ken Hannam.[4] The series ended in 1959 after 156 episodes.

In a 1960 article in Sydney Morning Herald, it was noted that although mistakes were made during the production of the series due to inexperience, it nevertheless paved the way for improved locally produced drama productions.[9]

Actoress Muriel Steinbeck played the title character, whilst other performers included Queenie Ashton, Diana Perryman (MBE (died 1979)(the sister of actress and singer Jill Perryman), Janet Craig, Leonard Bullen and Owen Weingott.[10]

Cast members Queenie Ashton and Janette Craig had previously appeared in a 1957 ABC TV play together called Tomorrow's Child,[11] though it is not known if a copy of the production still exists.

Every episode except for two of this series are held by the National Film and Sound Archive.[5]

Later screenings

[edit]

In 1964 HSV-7 Melbourne repeated the series, along with early 1960s Australian soap opera The Story of Peter Grey.[12] In 1964 CTC-7 in Canberra screened the series along with Peter Grey,[13] the station having not been in operation during the original run of the series. CTC kept the repeats on their schedule into 1966.[14]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Monday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 14 May 1959. p. 9.
  2. ^ O'Neill, Sally (2012). "Steinbeck, Muriel Myee (1913–1982)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 18. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ^ McDonald, Neil (14 November 2002). "Dashing pioneer always at home on centre stage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e McPherson, Ailsa (2007). "Dramas and dreams at Epping: early days of ATN-7's drama production". ACH: The Journal of the History of Culture in Australia (26). Australian Public Intellectual Network: 153–170 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
  5. ^ a b "AUTUMN AFFAIR". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Television Parade". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. 22. Australia. 5 November 1958. p. 66. Retrieved 25 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Vagg, Stephen (25 August 2019). "Unsung Aussie Actors – Muriel Steinbeck". FilmInk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Commercial TV is Moving Into "Live" Drama Field". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 8 January 1959. p. 3. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Australian TV is growing up". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 October 1960. p. 75. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  10. ^ Moran, Albert (1993). Moran's guide to Australian TV series. North Ryde, NSW: Australian Film Television & Radio School. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-642-18462-7. OCLC 30381946.
  11. ^ "Friday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 25 April 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  12. ^ ""Soap Opera" Comeback for Wife With TV". TV/Radio Guide. The Age. 14 May 1964. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  13. ^ "Midweek Matinee to recess". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 038. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 December 1964. p. 13. Retrieved 24 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 479. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 September 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 24 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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